Victoria Azarenka from Belarus returns to Italy's Camila Giorgi during the Aegon International at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. England Tuesday June 17, 2014. Giorgi won the match (AP Photo/John Walton/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT (The Associated Press)

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Italy's Camila Giorgi returns to Victoria Azarenka from Belarus during the Aegon International at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. England Tuesday June 17, 2014. Giorgi won the match (AP Photo/John Walton/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT (The Associated Press)

EASTBOURNE, England – Victoria Azarenka was reasonably satisfied after losing her first match in more than three months, a three-setter in the first round of the Aegon Championships on Tuesday.

Azarenka, the former No. 1 recovered from a left foot injury, lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to Camila Giorgi of Italy after 2 hours, 46 minutes.

"That's exactly what I wanted," Azarenka said. "I wanted to have a competitive match. I wanted to test myself, to play for a long time, see how my body is going to react.

"I'm pretty pleased with what happened. Obviously the result is the result, but that's a beginning. It's a starting point. There are a lot of positive things that I can take from what happened today."